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    The surname Jaén

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 593 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /hɑˈeɪn/ 1 syllable Soundex J500

    Jaén: #37,544 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Jaén #37,544, 593 people Jaén: #37,544 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Jaén #37,544, 593 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jaén is more common than 76.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Jaén, from Arabic جَيَّان (jayyān), from Latin Villa Gaiena.

    Jaén is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 593 people named Jaén in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 520,650 Americans. That is up 53% since 2000, when the Census counted 388.

    #37,544
    rank among US surnames
    593
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +52.8%
    change since 2000 (was #50,572)

    Who is named Jaén

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    82% of people named Jaén identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.4% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 4.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Jaén

    Jaén has the Soundex code J500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J500.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Jaén come from?
    Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Jaén, from Arabic جَيَّان (jayyān), from Latin Villa Gaiena.
    How common is the surname Jaén?
    593 people in the United States had the surname Jaén in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 520,650 Americans. It ranked 37,544th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jaén?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Jaén identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.4% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Jaén?
    Jaén is /hɑˈeɪn/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Jaén?
    Jaén is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Jaén getting more or less common?
    More common. 388 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 593 in 2010, up 53%.